Sexual harm: Confronting the issue
Prestige lecture: Prof. Tess Patterson By Prof Ian Rothmann 26 August 2019
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Health authorities urged to target growing male suicide
Warning: This story deals with the topic of suicide. Health authorities are being urged to target a growing number of young men dying by suicide. Figures released on Monday show…
Suicide rates rise to highest-ever level
Warning: This story deals with the topic of suicide. The number of suicides in New Zealand has reached its highest-ever level, with 685 people dying in the year to June…
Kristina Keneally blasts Melbourne archbishop for claiming George Pell is innocent
The Labor senator Kristina Keneally has blasted Melbourne’s Catholic archbishop for his response to Cardinal George Pell losing his appeal against child sexual abuse convictions. Keneally, herself a prominent Catholic,…
‘He was a witness of truth’: why the judges decided Cardinal George Pell was guilty
On Wednesday, Cardinal George Pell lost his appeal to overturn a conviction of child sexual assault. Chief Justice Anne Ferguson, Justice Chris Maxwell and Justice Mark Weinberg of the Victorian…
New paper – Circumcision: A controversial topic
In response to concerns expressed within our survivor community, and to foster a more informed understanding of male circumcision as it presents in our contemporary society, MSA commissioned the attached…
We’ve talked about this for decades and still haven’t made changes
There’s hope the government’s Criminal Justice Summit will be more than just talk. The two-day conference kicked off last night, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called on all those present…
Study: The Freedom to be, the Chance to Dream
A study examining the importance of preserving the values and ethos of user-led peer support and self-help in the context of new policies to professionalise peer support. There is a…
First procedural hearing explained
The first Procedural hearing of the Abuse in Care Inquiry is on Monday, 19 August at 10am at Rydges Hotel, Federal Street in Auckland. Published in Abuse in State Care…
The Boy Scouts scandal shows the sexual abuse of boys is a far bigger story than we’re willing to admit
Boys’ experience of abuse may be construed as consensual or desired. They often aren’t even thought of as potential victims. This has to change Published in The Independent
New child sex charges laid against Cambridge equestrian Andrew Williams
A 52-year-old man charged with the rape of young girls and making recordings now faces seven additional charges as a police investigation continues. Equestrian Andrew Alan Williams was arrested in…
Priests accused of sexual abuse turned to under-the-radar group
DRYDEN, Mich. — The visiting priests arrived discreetly, day and night. Stripped of their collars and cassocks, they went unnoticed in a series of tiny Midwestern towns as they were…
Former Gloriavale member convicted of child sex abuse
A former senior member of Gloriavale Christian Community has been convicted of child sex abuse, the Herald can finally reveal following a long legal battle against court suppression orders. The…
Female sex offenders are more common than you think, reveals study
A US study has revealed that female sex offenders are more common than first thought. While cultural stereotypes lead us to consider sexual offences by women as rare, a team…
Survivors say they’re losing faith after Sir Anand Satyanand resigns from abuse inquiry
Sir Anand Satyanand’s sudden resignation from the abuse inquiry is being seen as another sign the Royal Commission is dysfunctional. Published in Radio New Zealand
‘Clearly been a stress element’, Sir Anand Satyanand explains after stepping down from Abuse in Care Inquiry
Sir Anand Satyanand has played down claims that his resignation as chair of the Abuse in Care Inquiry is a sign something is not working with the inquiry. Yesterday Sir…
Satyanand to leave historical abuse inquiry
The head of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in Care, Sir Anand Satyanand, has announced he is stepping down from the job. Sir Anand has chaired the…
Where to from here for abuse inquiry?
Sir Anand Satyanand is stepping down as chair of the Royal Commission into Historic Abuse in state and religious institutional care. The first public hearing is scheduled in seven weeks…
Videos – South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault
The South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (SECASA) provides services in Victoria, Australia within the Mornington Peninsula, City of Frankston, Bayside, Port Phillip, Stonnington Glen Eira and Kingston local government…
Video – Being a Survivor of Male Child Sexual Abuse | Harish Iyer | TED talk
Braving the stigma of male child abuse by a family member nonetheless is a large ordeal. But nothing could stop the staunch determination of Harish Iyer to come out and…
Data Summary: Child Sexual Abuse (PDF)
This data summary is one of six produced by the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse (NZFVC) in 2017. The other five data summaries are concerned with Family Violence Deaths, Violence…
Video – Male Survivor: You Are Not Alone
Christopher Anderson helps de-stigmitize male sexual abuse and promote male survivors mental health and healing. Watch the video here on YouTube (five minutes) by APA Division 56 – Trauma Psychology…
Twenty-plus school teachers struck off after sex-crime convictions over five years
More than 20 teachers have had their registration cancelled after being convicted of sex offences in the past five years. And more than 330 have had allegations of sexual misconduct…
Woman arrested after investigation into sexual allegations at Marlborough Boys’ College
A 37-year-old woman has been charged following an investigation into sexual allegations at a Blenheim school. Police said the woman, understood to be a former teacher at Marlborough Boys’ College,…